The missing dimension: IDF special operations forces and strategy in the Second Lebanon War

In the course of the 2006 Lebanon War the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) employed special operations forces (SOF) for raids against Hizb'allah's command and control structure. This article argues that a faulty conceptualization of the value of special operations and misguided expectations determined by the new IDF concept of operations impacted adversely on the employment of SOF for this kind of operations. Both these elements contributed in turn to substantially degrade SOF performance in the context of the war.     

A lost work of El Lobo: Lieutenant-Colonel Charles T.R. Bohannan's unpublished study of guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency in the Philippines, 1899–1955

Charles Ted Rutledge Bohannan (1914–1982) became an integral agent of US counterinsurgency operations during the early Cold War, contributing to both the success of the COIN effort to defeat the communist Huk insurgents in the Philippines and the stalled COIN efforts in Vietnam. In the early 1960s, he wrote a short and compact analysis of the US and Filipino experience of guerrilla warfare, from the Philippine–American war until the defeat of the Huk Rebellion. It was never published. Reprinted here, Bohannan's analysis of lessons learned makes a substantial contribution to the history of American ideas of unconventional warfare by an expert who contributed these lessons to the successful defeat of an insurgency in South East Asia.     

基于复杂网络的装备保障力量体系构建研究

论文首先阐述了复杂网络的内涵及其特征参量,以此为基础,对装备保障力量体系进行规范化描述,提出了装备保障力量体系的构建算法,并进行了实例验证及灵敏度分析,对于信息化条件下装备保障力量体系转型建设具有一定的参考价值和指导意义．     

基于Q-MMSPF的海杂波多重分形互相关分析和目标检测

提出一种研究长程互相关和多重分形的新方法——Q阶混合矩结构分割函数法(Q-MMSPF),并利用Q-MMSPF分析了海杂波时间序列的多重分形互相关特征。通过对实测海杂波数据的计算分析发现,海杂波互相关多重分形特征较弱,目标信号之间的互相关多重分形特征明显,而目标信号与海杂波之间的互相关多重分形程度介于二者之间。据此,本文采用一种新的特征值进行海杂波背景下的目标检测。通过对不同条件下的实测海杂波数据验证,表明使用本文提出的特征值测量方法可以十分有效地检测出海杂波背景下的小弱目标。     

Optimal pricing and scheduling control of product shipping

In this article, we seek to understand how a capacity‐constrained seller optimally prices and schedules product shipping to customers who are heterogeneous on willingness to pay (WTP) and willingness to wait (WTW). The capacity‐constrained seller does not observe each customer's WTP and WTW and knows only the aggregate distributions of WTP and WTW. The seller's problem is modeled as an M/M/N_s queueing model with multiclass customers and multidimensional information screening. We contribute to the literature by providing an optimal and efficient algorithm. Furthermore, we numerically find that customers with a larger waiting cost enjoys a higher scheduling priority, but customers with higher valuation do not necessarily get a higher scheduling priority. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 215–227, 2015     

战役战术导弹部队机动作战面临的空中威胁分析

在分析战役战术导弹部队机动作战面临空中威胁可能性的基础上,研究了其遭敌空袭兵器和空袭战术威胁情况,并对战役战术导弹部队机动作战的各阶段遭敌空袭的威胁进行了探讨。在分析空中威胁时,借助美军主导的近几场局部战争的经验教训,总结了敌攻击战役战术导弹部队机动作战所使用的空袭兵器和空袭战术,以便在抗击敌空袭兵器时更具有针对性和现实性,以期为未来防空作战提供有益借鉴。     

敏捷C2组织鲁棒性研究

敏捷性的研究是信息时代的组织研究中的重要方面。设计一种敏捷的C2组织,以保证C2组织在执行任务时能够发挥最佳性能,以达到灵活应对任务、减少资源浪费和提升作战效能的目的,这样的组织称为敏捷C2组织。本文从敏捷C2组织形式化概念模型构建开始,对敏捷C2组织的敏捷性测度中的鲁棒性的含义及其测度方法进行详细的定义和阐述,并通过实验对方法进行分析研究验证。     

打造现代化公安消防铁军的理论与实践

分析了消防部队的职业特点,阐述了打造现代化公安消防铁军要把握的几个关键要素,提出打造现代化消防铁军就是要加快转变部队战斗力生成模式,着力提升部队整体战斗能力和水平。从指挥人才培养、业务训练、装备和信息化建设、战斗精神培育等四个方面对打造现代化公安消防铁军的理论与实践进行了深入探讨。     

基于网络组织有序度的指挥体系优化算法

针对信息化条件下指挥体系结构的特点,运用复杂网络理论,提出了指挥体系的优化算法,将组织有序度最大化作为目标函数,以边的关键度作为调节变量,构建了优化模型和算法,并对指挥网络进行了实例分析,对比优化前后指挥体系在平均路径、聚类系数、度分布以及网络的抗毁性等指标上变化,最后得到最优化的指挥网络。该算法对指挥流程的优化具有一定的参考价值和指导意义。     

Properties of some stochastic orders: A unified study

The notions of the likelihood ratio order of degree s (s ≥ 0) are introduced for both continuous and discrete integer‐valued random variables. The new orders for s = 0, 1, and 2 correspond to the likelihood ratio, hazard rate, and mean residual life orders. We obtain some basic properties of the new orders and their up shifted stochastic orders, and derive some closure properties of them. Such a study is meaningful because it throws an important light on the understanding of the properties of the likelihood ratio, hazard rate, and mean residual life orders. On the other hand, the properties of the new orders have potential applications. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2004.